For over 60 years, Queen Elizabeth II has shown her concern for those in the UK, around the world, around her family. It wouldn't be uncharacteristic for her, and Prince Charles, to phone Kate seeking personal information on the Mother-to-be.
In walks two Australian radio hosts with their rendition of the voices of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles and "interviewing" two nurses at King Edward VII Hospital where Kate was being cared for. That interview was broadcast to the world without the Australian Radio station seeking permission. One nurse became so distraught of what happened, manipulated so easily by
The
The Public was drawn into becoming active participants because Mel Greig and Michael Christian were just doing what they do best, hoaxes, at the expense of others.
In the real world, as least here in Canada, our Privacy Rights are protected to the hilt unless you're the Leader of the Opposition and one Translink ticket short. Those two Australian
Greig and Christian may have seen themselves spring-boarding from obscurity to fame, as did Orson Welles' "War of the Worlds" which worked in 1938 for him, but not now. The News back then was controlled by the few, but today, with the advent of the Internet, anyone can be a publisher.
What about the consequences for the Australian Radio station, and their owners?
Who would ever want to pay the station for advertising products, projecting an image, knowing in advance that their good name would always be associated with the lose canons Managers of 2DayFM where they displayed the lowest form of insensitivity towards others, which resulted in a death?
The Australian Communications Authority (ACMA) is taking action in regards to 2DayFM because of what may be violations of broadcasting license conditions and the Commercial Radio Codes of Practice
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What of Rupert Murdoch, an Australian media tycoon, the hacking insensitivity in the death of a teenager, the privacy of celebrities?
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Enter Christy into the mix, involving ..... yet another Australian DJ.
Christy Clark will ALWAYS attract cheap attention, as an MLA, as a Minister, as a Mother, as a proponent in the Sale of BC Rail, as a Divorcee, as a Single Mom, as a Vancouver Mayor hopeful, as a DJ, a Premier of the Province of British Columbia and let's not forget her beaming "Royal lineage" of "Queen" of Photo Ops.
Last week, the Premier of the Province of British Columbia was invited to speak on JetFM, a radio station in Courtenay, with Australian ExPat "Drex" as the host. One participant from his audience, supposedly, sent in a rude and inappropriate question. The listener was named as ..... "Andrew" by Drex during his introduction to the Premier. We don't know if "Andrew" exists, or ......... not...... or if he too is an Expat. Drex, backed by JetFM, set the stage, directed the role players, manipulated the guest which must have been like taking candy from a Baby.
The Premier of BC didn't deserve to have the "MILF" question tossed at her to chew on, her handlers, the high priced Press Secretary, should have stepped in and controlled her inner spirit and yearnings to
Drex's JetFM
JetFM, like 2DayFM, must have been soaring because of their interview with Christy, but neither the current BC Government, nor the next Government, if it's Adrian Dix, will touch the Courtenay Radio station, and it's sibling sister stations with a ten foot pole. Not a single dime of taxpayers dollars will be funneled to them, for advertising during the provincial election.
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If I may point out something NVG, it is that the radio station in question, and the host, and everyone else there... are NOT journalists. They are radio jocks, and there is a vast difference between them and journalists, or news radio talk show hosts like CKNW who allege to present an unbiased view, in talk radio,but subscribe to ratings.
This station is not about journalism, it is not about reporting hard news, about getting to the heart of what you and I do, it is about entertainment.
Entertainment.
Along the lines of Larry and Willy, the FOX, Rock101. Might not be your cup of tea, or mine, but it is what it is. I sometimes like hard news and sometimes I want to laugh.
The real culprit here is the person who booked this spot, and Christy - if either had a brain they would have anticipated this, and considering Christy has appeared MANY TIMES on ROCK 101 and the FOX, she has set her own standard. There are many photos of her out there on this.
There has to be some responsibility somewhere, but when the station is known for entertainment, not news, and you agree to this, all bets are off.
I'm going to disagree slightly with Laila. Whether Drex does 'journalism' is beside the point. The jokey question was tinged with misogyny. Yes, whoever set up the interview needed to know who was going to be asking the questions. Yes, Clark's handling of it made her look like a dimwit. But none of this excuses the attitude that women - even women in positions of authority -are to judged first and foremost on their sexuality.
After the Post, it was recommended that we should do a search for:
australian dj attitude towards women
Actually we went looking for Australian men in general, but then that opened the door to seek out Google searches for Canadian Men, and/or Polish or American.... etc.
We settled for Australian DJs because that's what this Post is about.
Christy Clark lacks common sense. End of story.
Yeah, but she should never have been given the question.
If it was "Kate" or "Milly" or someone near and dear to you, would it be appropriate?
There is a very good reason she is the only female politician to invite such bad behavior... she set her standard long ago.
http://lailayuile.com/2012/12/27/how-christy-clark-set-the-standard-for-vulgar-questions-and-innuendo-a-rebuttal-to-david-obee/
Anonymous 9:42AM said: "The jokey question was tinged with misogyny."
Only if you believe that CC has never used her 'assets' to further her political career. But she has, so the MILF comment was fair game - Baroness Thatcher she ain't.
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